How to get started with game development?

Question

I am decent programmer who always wanted to learn how to develop games, but never actually got to it. Recently I decided to dedicate a bit less on my career and more on stuff I like, thus I want to learn all there is to create a game on my own as a hobby.What are good resources to start this journey?

jay_kyburz · Accepted Answer

I'm a Game Dev with many years experience. My most recent release is Void Bastards.
If you want your game to be look great, and performance is important, I would recommend downloading Unity and working through their large set of tutorials. You'll write your game in C#.
I really like Gotdot for my fun personal projects, but it doesn't have the same full feature set.
You can also check out Unreal, but its a more specialized tool.

stazz1 · Answer

Learning how to create games with Unity is fun. If you want something more basic with immediate results, RPG maker was always a grand fascination.